Time for Change

[Time for Change @marciocba]

Margaret Thatcher once said that "Socialists cry “Power to the people”, and raise the clenched fist as they say it. We all know what they really mean - power over people, power to the State".
After decades of hegemony by the left, Brazil turns right.

[Nikolas Ferreira @nikolas_dm]

Isso não é normal, Alcolumbre.

[Jeffrey Chiquini @JeffreyChiquini]

Assisti agora a live do @FlavioBolsonaro e estou ainda mais convicto que ele tomou a decisão correta. Em liberdade conseguirá nutrir a direita, manterá sua posição e continuará dando o direcionamento que o momento exige. O bolsonarismo não morrerá; pelo contrário, está ainda mais fortalecido.

Flávio exercerá sua liderança e manterá os vagões nos trilhos. Eu enxergo assim.

A direita não morreu e nunca morrerá. Nós somos como pão: quanto mais se amassa, mais crescemos.

A direita está viva e temos um maestro ainda mais forte, maduro e preparado.

Estamos juntos até depois do fim!

[Jason Miller @JasonMiller]

No, dummy. It’s because I know which Brazilian news outlets are real news and which ones are fake news. Fake news gets sent to voice mail.

[Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald]

The center of the Brazil story is not Flavio Bolsonaro but rather Alexandre de Moraes, who has utterly destroyed the credibility of the Brazilian justice system and its democracy through years of escalating persecution against critics, dissidents and political opponents, all while the Brazilian left celebrated him for doing it.

That's why countries now routinely reject Brazil's extradition requests in Moraes' cases, and why international media has continuously warned of Brazilian authoritarianism as a result of the censorship and imprisonment regime that the Brazilian left built with Moraes as its leader. (And all of that is separate from the massive corruption scandal he's at the middle of, where his family received $40 million from the corrupt billionaire who caused Brazil's largest-ever banking collapse).

If you don't start your "reporting" about the Bolsonaro/US case by emphasizing that it was Moraes who ordered Bolsonaro's passport seized and banned him from leaving the country -- as an obvious prelude to arresting him even though he's been charged with no crimes -- then there's no way to understand what happened here let alone explain to readers and viewers why Flavio Bolsonaro would never have gotten anything remotely resembling a fair trial.

[Gordon G. Chang @GordonGChang]

Lula is illegitimate. He will fall. Brazil will win. 🇧🇷

[Simón Levy @SimonLevyMx]

Welcome to The United States of America @FlavioBolsonaro !

Welcome to Miami.
Flávio Bolsonaro arrives in the United States with his wife and daughters.

[Simón Levy @SimonLevyMx]

I can confirm that President Trump’s administration has authorized the granting of political asylum to @FlavioBolsonaro in the United States.

Brazil’s authoritarian regime will be furious.

Lula has followed the advice of former Mexican President @lopezobrador_ , turning his government into an increasingly authoritarian regime that sought to imprison Bolsonaro.

[Simón Levy @SimonLevyMx]

As I reported hours ago, Flávio Bolsonaro has arrived safely in United States.

The mastermind behind this operation is U.S. Secretary of State @SecRubio .

From the United States, free and safe, Flávio will lead the opposition against Lula.

[Martin De Luca @emd_worldwide]

I warned yesterday that the decisive test for Brazil would come AFTER the election. Would Brazil return to normal democratic competition or follow Venezuela’s path after December 2015?

That test applies regardless of who ultimately wins or loses the contested election.

Last night, Lula used his victory speech to promise greater regulation of social media platforms he accused of interfering against him. Today, his opponent—who is challenging the result—says Alexandre de Moraes has ordered him to surrender his passports and forbidden him from leaving Brazil.

Venezuela’s warning is precisely this. After the opposition won parliament in December 2015, courts became instruments of Maduro for stripping that victory of its practical meaning. Democratic institutions retained their names while entirely losing their independence. Maduro never left until he was removed by force.

Lawfare becomes a means of consolidating power when opponents can participate in elections but cannot safely challenge those who govern.

This is what the U.S. and other governments should examine as it weighs recognition. The question extends beyond the tally to whether Brazil will preserve meaningful political competition afterward.

If Brazil is returning to normal, demonstrate it Lula and Moraes. Protect lawful dissent, permit election challenges and justify every restriction through evidence and due process.

Winning an election, if Lula even won it, would confer authority to govern. It confers no authority to extinguish the opposition.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Math doesn’t add up

[Joey Mannarino @JoeyMannarino]

I’m devastated.

Flavio, don’t give up.
True Brazilians are with you.

Fight.

[𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐔𝐍𝐄𝐒 @Antunes1]

WE CALL ON PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP NOT TO RECOGNIZE LULA DA SILVA AS THE LEGITIMATE PRESIDENT OF BRAZIL.

[Visegrád 24 @visegrad24]

Brazilian journalist Malu Gaspar says all Superior Electoral Court ministers were against the idea of extending the voting in Brazil by 2 hours.

Zanin, Lula’s former personal lawyer, appointed by Lula to Supreme Court Justice made that decision anyway

[Joey Mannarino @JoeyMannarino]

STOLEN ELECTION IN BRAZIL!

[Jim Pfaff @jimpfaff]

Amazing the NYT is willing to admit this in print. The Brazil results are not legitimate and should be annulled after the TSE voted not to extend but Lula's lawyer who sits on the court extended them anyway.

The election was a scam played out for everyone to see.

[Mario Nawfal @MarioNawfal]

🇧🇷😢

[Jim Pfaff @jimpfaff]

Part of the steal.

[Lucas Pavanato @lucaspavanato]

Registre-se pedido de anulação e de impeachment são todas medidas legais e democráticas 👍🏻

[David Pyne 🇺🇸 @AmericaFirstCon]

The evidence is already coming in that Brazil's Marxist President Lula da Silva, who is has been strongly endorsed by the Communist Party of Brazil, stole the election from Trump-backed conservative presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro much like Biden stole the election from Trump in the 2020 presidential election.

[Reverend Jordan Wells @WellsJorda89710]

The Brazil election was stolen.